Rabbit Fly – Gold |
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| Hook: | Mustad 9671, sizes 10 - 8 |
| Thread: | Black, 6/0 |
| Weight: | 0.020 lead wire, mid-shank, 8 – 12 turns |
| Rib: | Medium gold tinsel or wire |
| Tail: | Red soft hackle or marabou |
| Body: | Wool yarn or other long fiber dubbing, goldenrod color, tease out bottom of body to achieve a minnow shape to the body |
| Wing: | Natural rabbit strip, tied Zonker style, short tail |
We fished this fly and the Rabbit Fly – Red at night in Great Lake with a very slow retrieve. Basically we used a hand twist figure eight at about 5 – 6 twists per minute. The takes would simply cause the fly to stop moving until we set the hook. |
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